h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So I'm no longer a SLR only photographer. In the Get-a-Gift-for-Yourself period between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, I acquired a Yashica Electro 35 GTN. It was practically an impulse buy as my camera purchases go. I just saw a "for sale" post on the Flickr Philippines pool, skimmed through some websites about the quirky little beast, and made the call. In less than a week, tarah! I'm now the proud owner of a "Poor Man's Leica"

I don't think it's fair to compare the two cameras, though. For one thing, you can't call a Leica a "Yashica for Snobs." Well maybe you can. My point is, the only similarities between the Post War German, all manual, gears and springs unit and the Mod Generation Japanese, semi-automatic, circuit boards and electromagnets product is that they both have the range finder focusing systems, infinitesimal shutter release vibration , and phenomenal lenses.